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EvilMunky 


Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Barre, VT
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: My Curse as an Endurance Builder |
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Hi all,
I just did first run through of My Curse [Expert] (95% sightread O_o) and I just gotta say wow. Both my fretting hand and my strumming hand are feeling the burn as the saying goes. Fret-wise your fingers are moving all over the fretboard constantly and your strums are at constant fast pace pretty much throughout the entire song (except for the brief sections of galloping triplets).
Anyway, I'm thinking of using this song as an endurance builder for other fast paced songs. Has anyone used this song this way, or have I perhaps stumbled on to something somewhat new? _________________
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AdamHero


Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1249 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: |
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I don't play My Curse very often, my endurance builder is The Way it Ends. Knights of Cydonia also works. _________________
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Matttu


Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 208 Location: Gergorge (no really)
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Very good point about My Curse, I haven't played it much lately but you're right. Especially on the ending, I downstrum it and by the end, my hand is dead. _________________
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PotatoHandle


Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 352 Location: Canberra, Australia.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: |
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My strumming hand is fine, this only songs that really plays on my endurance are The way it Ends and Knights of Cydonia if I play them a couple of times.
However, the outro to My Curse brings me to the brink of my cramping tolerance every time on my fretting hand. It usually finishes just as I'm about to give into the pain. I have actually been meaning to take it to practice and trying to minimize my hand movement during it, so that I don't have to have it happen every time someone chooses it on pro-face-off. _________________
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TheRaw


Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 779 Location: On my throne.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:21 am Post subject: |
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My Curse can kill your fretting hand and, if you downstrum the whole ending, your strumming hand as well.
However, I have to agree that KoC and The Way it Ends work much better for strumming endurance. _________________
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Akaleth


Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 915 Location: Saratoga, NY
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:24 am Post subject: |
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I suppose you could look at it that way. I downstrum most of the song (the only parts I don't are the       or any part similar.) Everything else in the song I downstrum (minus the fast whatever-it's-called parts that have 15 quick Y's, R's or G's.) I never really found a difference in my downstrumming endurance, since I've pretty much developed that as far as my body will let me. I've pretty much downstrummed anything that can be done that fast since the first GH.
I've used it more as a fretting exercise more than anything, and it actually looks FCable by my suck-tastic skills. _________________
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suparanger12


Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 661 Location: springfield Missouri
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: |
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TheRaw wrote: | My Curse can kill your fretting hand and, if you downstrum the whole ending, your strumming hand as well.
However, I have to agree that KoC and The Way it Ends work much better for strumming endurance. | I down strum the whole thing and my hand is fine... _________________
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TheRaw


Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 779 Location: On my throne.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:31 am Post subject: |
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suparanger12 wrote: | TheRaw wrote: | My Curse can kill your fretting hand and, if you downstrum the whole ending, your strumming hand as well.
However, I have to agree that KoC and The Way it Ends work much better for strumming endurance. | I down strum the whole thing and my hand is fine... |
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But for real, it can really cramp you arm bad, you just have some kind of weird skill. _________________
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MelodyMan23

Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 11
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: |
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Just downstrum FCPREMIX to build hand strength. Thats what I do. |
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Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 544 Location: Crown Point, Indiana
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Dante67


Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 75
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yea the ending reminds me of Freya big time but I usually alt strum it to much success (98% on average for outro). The Way It Ends is much better then Knights of Cydonia to begin with. I'm using it as a way of training for Knights to be honest :P. _________________
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Auriscope

Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 1402
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Step 1: Learn "My Curse" and don't kill your hand.
Step 2: Learn "The Way It Ends"
Step 3: Back to back for the KO in pro-faceoff! _________________
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Bored42


Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Idklol
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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The first few times I tried this on expert my hand hurt so bad it was just one of these songs where I just wanted to get through, never to be played again unless I think I can do better
But as an endurance builder? Who would've thought...
Oh and-
suparanger12 wrote: | TheRaw wrote: | My Curse can kill your fretting hand and, if you downstrum the whole ending, your strumming hand as well.
However, I have to agree that KoC and The Way it Ends work much better for strumming endurance. | I down strum the whole thing and my hand is fine... |
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f4phantom2500


Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 2885
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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from what i can tell, i think knights of cydonia would be better; i altstrum my curse by default, but knights of cydonia's strumming is fast no matter how you cut it. plus the 'galloping triplet' section of knights is, i would think, as tiring as my curse. but that's probably because that when i play normal style i'm better at upscales than downscales.
but yeah i see your point...if you downstrum my curse and, like most people, find upscales more challenging than downscales, this would be a definite ball buster. _________________
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jeffo2448

Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1171
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Endurance Building Songs:
My Curse
Number of the Beast (downstrumming)
Misirlou
Knights of Cydonia
The Way It Ends
F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. (this one kills me sometimes)
Freya
Before I Forget _________________
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